This is an analysis of To A Friend by John Greenleaf Whittier.

ON HER RETURN FROM EUROPE.
How smiled the land of France…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aabcccb debfffb Xdghhhg iidjjjd jjgdddg kkklllk hhdeccd mmcdddc kkdjjjd kkgcccg nnbcccb ccdoood
  • Stanza lengths: 1,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Metre: 1001010 110101 101111 11010 110011 1001101 101101 10010 110101 1001010 11010 001111 100111 101111 10110 11100 110010 010110 1101101 110101 001101 00110 110100 1000101 10110 111101 110101 1011001 10110 111101 101101 10010 101101 110111 1001101 11110 111101 1100101 11110 110101 101011 1010101 10110 110111 011101 101101 001100 111111 110101 1011101 111101 110101 11011 1001001 101101 1100101 10011 111101 101101 01110 110111 1110111 100111 11110 110111 101001 10110 101101 101101 100101 10110 100101 001101 00110 111101 111111 11011001 10010 110110 111101 10110 111101 101101 101101 10010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 13
  • Lines: 85

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